The 100 Months Club

A new alliance established to help the City Region of Manchester chart a low-carbon course into the future, based around the concept outlined by writer Mark Lynas (based on IPCC findings) that

“We have about 100 months left. If global greenhouse gas emissions have not begun to decline by the end of 2015, then our chances of restraining climate change to within the two degrees ‘safety line’ - the level of warming below which the impacts are severe but tolerable - diminish day by day thereafter.”

We are also inspired by Sir Nicholas Stern's words:

"Mitigation - taking strong action to reduce emissions - must be viewed as an investment, a cost incurred now and in the coming few decades to avoid the risks of very severe consequences in the future. If these investments are made wisely, the costs will be manageable, and there will be a wide range of opportunities for growth and development along the way."